Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly bookish meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl that features a different bookish topic every week.
Today’s topic is Books on My Summer 2026 To-Read List
I have a whole bunch of books I hadn’t read from past TBR lists, but I decided to try not repeating them for this one even though many of them remain unread and still on my TBR.
I ended up with a full list of women authors, with many of the books touching on feminism and women’s issues, completely unintentionally, but I’m not mad about it. Hopefully I am able to read as many of these as possible this summer. Excited to see what everyone else is planning to read!
Top Ten Books on My Summer 2026 TBR
- The Someday Garden by Ashley Poston – I read a couple of Ashley Poston books recently and fell in love with her stories. This is her newest release and I’m excited to read it!
- The Ides of April by Lindsey Davis – I love stories set in ancient Rome and I have a whole separate TBR filled with books in this category. This one looked good and I thought it’d be a good one to start with.
- When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill – I’ve seen some rave reviews about this book and my interest is piqued. Dragon women, right up my alley!
- The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North – This was on my radar a long time ago but I forgot about it until recently when my bookclub friends were talking about it and renewed my interest in it.
- Venco by Cherie Dimaline – Witches and magical realism, how can I resist! I’ve been on the library waitlist for a while now, and I believe it will be ready for me this summer!
- Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood – A book I had read before and loved about women’s friendships. I’ve been meaning to reread this and hopefully I can get to it this summer.
- The Shippers by Katherine Center – Another new one I’m excited for! I’d read anything by Katherine Center!
- First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston – I’ve read 10 Blind Dates by the author and enjoyed it more than I expected to. It’s a completely different genre but I’m curious what this one will be like.
- The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang – I recently read Blood Over Bright Haven and omg it was so intense. This book is the more popular one by the author so I’m looking forward to reading it.
- Eve by Cat Bohannon – Nonfiction about how the female body shaped science and history throughout the years. It sounds absolutely fascinating!
Have you read any of these books? What did you think of them? Would you read any of these books?
Great picks, The Sword if Kaigen has been on my TBR for a while now.
Thanks for sharing your #TTT
I hope we are both able to get to The Sword of Kaigen soon!
I need to find my copy of When Women Were Dragons and read it!
I hope you enjoy it when you read it! I’m looking forward to it too.
I loved VenCo! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Here’s my TTT for this week: https://readbakecreate.com/summer-2026-tbr-ten-books-i-hope-to-read/
I’m reading it right now!! It’s really good so far!
I haven’t read Cat’s Eye either yet, but I hope you like it. Someday I’ll read it.
I hope you’ll love it when you do!
I really need to get around to When Women Were Dragons. And I have a copy of Eve, I should read that one too!
They both have such great reviews. I hope you enjoy them!
i hope you enjoy the ones you do read this summer. have a great week!
Thank you!
Oooh I loved the Geekerella series by Ashley Poston! I will have to check out her other books
I love her books! They give me all the feels!
The Sword of Kaigen!! I liked it more than Blood Over Bright Haven but there have been people who didn’t like it as much. Hopefully you enjoy it! I loved the setting and the character arc.
Here’s my TTT if you’d like to check it out 🙂 https://thewordyhabitat.com/top-ten-books-on-my-monsoon-2026-to-read-list/
That’s interesting, I am so very curious to read it for myself and see how they compare!
I have heard of a couple of these like The Someday Garden and The Shippers. I hope you enjoy them when you get around to reading them!
My Post:
https://thegentlechapter.blog/2026/06/23/top-ten-tuesday-summer-tbr/
Thank you! I’m excited for them.
I liked Eve a lot! I thought it did a pretty good job.
I keep meaning to try Lindsey Davis… it looks like a fun series. Will be curious to see what you think!
Good to know, I’m gonna go check out your review for Eve right after this!
Nice list, very eclectic. I’ve read The Shippers and First Lie Wins and enjoyed them both. I also have the Poston book on my TBR shelf. I hope you enjoy all of these.
Thank you! I’m really looking forward to reading these books! Gotta make some time!
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North is one of my favorites so I hope you enjoy!
I’m glad to hear that! I should get to it sooner!
Summer is the perfect time to read Center’s books! I need to read more of them. I hope you enjoy all these.
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
Yes! Cozy summer reading vibes!
I read anything written by Katherine Center too! When Women were Dragons has a fascinating title and now I want to know more!
Me too! On both counts!
I recently read When Women Were Dragons… it was enjoyable, but didn’t have as many dragons as I wanted. I hope you enjoy it!
Lol, that’s interesting! I’m so curious about the dragons now.
Love love love The Sword of Kaigen but it absolutely wrecked me (in the best way, lol). I need to read When Women Were Dragons at some point—I keep forgetting that’s on my TBR! I’m also keen to check out Poston’s new book cos I’m starting to see it everywhere now and I believe I already saw it in the bookstore the other day, so I guess I must go and scoop it up soon 🤭 I hope you enjoy all these reads!
Oh no! I love books that wreck me but it’s like, why do I do this to myself?! 😅 I hope you enjoy WWWD and Poston’s book if you read them!
Eve looks really interesting! Happy reading 🙂
My ttt: https://theparteveryoneskips.com/posts/european-reading-list-summer-2026/
Thanks! Happy reading to you too!